How About Some Reasons to Keep LaFrentz's Contract?

Great work on this list by Wendell Maxey over at Hoops World. He pokes around some reasons for Portland to keep LaFrentz for now rather than deal for locker room killers like Amare Stoudemire. Here are the two that I was excited to see:

3. No More "Filler" – Raise your hand if you have read this line before in various trade reports centered around Raef: "with Raef Lafrentz included as trade filler…." Since when did an expiring contract worth $12.7 million become labeled as "filler"? It's not as if Pritchard is just going to give away LaFrentz's expiring contract or use it to help balance out another deal. Enough with the "filler" line already.

4. Summer Time - Portland can get far more mileage out of LaFrentz's contract this coming offseason rather than an immediate return as the trade deadline nears. The writing is on the wall: the Blazers remain in the market for a scrappy defender to realistically back-up LaMarcus Aldridge, as well as an all-in-one point guard. Chances are it will be tough for Portland to acquire both this offseason, but certainly management will look to get the most bang for their buck come this summer.